The district of Berlin called Friedrichshain, or officially known as is a part of the Berlin borough of ‘Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’ is slowly becoming known as an independent tourist destination – alongside its better known neighbours Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg.

The name ‘Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’ – rarely used outside of Berlin municipal government offices – and like Kreuzberg across the river, is becoming to take on its […] Continue Reading…

Even in Germany there are protests of sorts; against trains with nuclear waste criss-crossing the country and against the rather convoluted outrageously expensive rebuild of the Stuttgart railway station.

But now we can add another genre, namely something freely called the ‘Hedonist Internationale’.

These are some young Berliners who have found a rather novel way to oppose rising rents and what they see as […] Continue Reading…